Garden State (dude, if you were about 20 when this came out it just... spoke to you... I can't explain it) and The Big Lebowski (I don't need to defend this.) I've also seen TLOTR trilogy precisely 1,000,000,000.3 times.
I'm shocked my favorite movie hasn't been posted yet: The Fifth Element. You get the childhood glee of Star Wars, the gritty future and not quite but close wit of Blade Runner and the action of Die Hard. It's definitely not fine cinema, but it's always a good time.
I watch The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind every time I get broken up with, so that's probably a contender...I watch Hayao Miyazaki movies out of nostalgia, so that too! Princess Mononoke is my favorite of those, because the universe is so incredibly unique, but there are others that I've seen too many times. Princess Bride, LOTR, and Star Wars too, for obvious reasons.
I used to watch Labyrinth every year with my sister and my brother as a kid growing up, it became a tradition. I must have seen that movie 10+ times. It was interesting how you could track our growth from kids to adults by our ability to notice David Bowie's terrifying crotch.
I had to think about this because there are a fair number I watch with regularity, for various reasons. -LOTR is an absolute masterpiece. It's been a part of my life, through the books initially, and then the films, since I was born. Peter Jackson captured the spirit of it all so well, and every piece of it, from a storytelling perspective, to a cinematography perspective, to acting, to sets, to screenwriting, all of it is incredible. I don't go home for Thanksgiving very often anymore because I'm too poor to do that and a December trip, and since all of my friends and arguewithatree do go home, I'm usually alone. So I take two days, sit down with a feast for one, crank the volume, and watch all of the director's cuts in one sitting, and the next day follow it with the Godfather. So that's frequently watched and a tradition. I'll end up viewing it a number of times throughout the year too. -Sam Mendes' Away We Go is well up there as well. I have a very close, personal, intimate relationship with this film with two people. It's "our" film between arguewithatree and myself, the one that we feel sappy about and love watching and identify with, minus the baby aspect. Fuck babies. And my best friend, jackdanielswife (you won't find anything there. She's too busy to ever make her way to this site grrr), because it was the film we watched where we realized we are absolutely in love with each other... but it's not quite romantic. It's different. Something about that film made us realize it, over a year after we broke up. It makes it an important film because those are the two most important people in my world that I would do anything for, so to think about them every time I watch it and how much I love them makes it an invaluable experience. -The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. These have a wild variety of associations for me personally, and Royal is also associated with jackdanielswife. We likened ourselves to Margot and Ritchie, but more than that, I just find them enjoyable, in all their over the top style and sappiness. As much of a monstrous film buff as I am, as much as I'll sit down and bore someone with diatribes about how important Bela Tarr or Ingmar Bergman are, as much as I drop ridiculous money on restored versions of Kurasawa and Orson Welles films with extras, and Criterion versions, I'll never get on board with my other film buffs who love to hate on Wes Anderson. He 's populist and enjoyable. There's nothing wrong with it and I'll revel in it. -But the one I've probably seen the most without reason, without personal ties or celebrations or planned holidays, just something that I pop in to watch every so often for the hell of it? Galaxy Quest. Galaxy Quest is the perfect film. How many years has it been since it was released? It's just as hilarious. It's just as beautifully tongue in cheek. It's perfectly self-deprecating. It's just as fun. All of it makes for that at any time, any place, any mood, I can watch that and be into it.
I have seen Blade Runner more times than I am willing to admit. I had a roommate who would come home after a group on thursday nights with a giant poutine and would sit down and watch Blade Runner in the dark, and I joined him a lot. The visuals still blow me away a lot. It's an incredibly visual movie.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Avengers. I once wanted to watch an Avengers scene again - and soon after, I'm watching the stingers again. There's something captivating about the whole Marvel superhero ordeal. The movies are visually well made, too, and the best of them is - unlike the overly-hyped Avatar, they don't make SFX their only priority: the story and the characters are good enough to not spoil re-watches. Since I'm not watching most movies more then once, I'll add Good Will Hunting on the list, for it's just a good damn movie.
Honestly even if you don't like the Avengers movies (surpisingly the original isn't holding up as well as I thought it would for me, and Age of Ultron was only okay), Captain America: The Winter Soldier is basically the best Marvel movie of all time at this point, though Guardians of the Galaxy is a close contender.
I originally was very disappointed with the movie because I was told that it was a comedy superhero movie (I was thinking Deadpool style). Six months later I rewatched it knowing that it wasn't actually as much into the comedy but more of a movie with some decent jokes (a la The Avengers), and absolutely loved it. I think part of it is just the 80s kid in me hearing the music and Chris Pratt being pretty much exactly what I would imagine myself acting if I were abducted by aliens as a kid, the ultimate 80s kid fantasy, and the style of the music syncing up with the visuals so well made it a very fun movie. A lot of blockbuster movies take themselves too seriously in today's world, and this blockbuster movie just decided to be blockbuster quality and fun at the same time. The only high budget movies like that recently that I can think of like that would be 21/22 Jump Street or Kingsman, but those even tend to be a bit too serious at times. Pixar is a great contender in the fun and stylish movies front as well, I'm not saying they don't exist, but superhero movies haven't really been in that genre until Guardians of the Galaxy (The Incredibles excepted, also Pixar). Which is strange, because comic books should be fun.
Do you think every moviewatcher got the same feeling? I'm sure there were plenty of age groups watching it, some of which were from before or after the 80s. What is your opinion, if any, of the comic book series 100 Bullets? Y: The Last Man? No Hero? Supergod?I think part of it is just the 80s kid in me hearing the music and Chris Pratt being pretty much exactly what I would imagine myself acting if I were abducted by aliens as a kid, the ultimate 80s kid fantasy
comic books should be fun
I haven't read any comic books since I was a kid, and I was very limited to my selection due to where I lived (and money). I don't know what those are, TBH. That being said, I want to make sure I don't say that serious comic books are automatically bad, as I'm guessing those are the examples that you are giving. I've read a few of the "serious" comic books, and they definitely can be great. I think what determines your look on comics is a matter of how long your comic book hobby ends up being. Mine was moderately short, so my memories are of fun comics. For those that it extended to when they were young adults and even into adulthood, you move into the more serious comics and enjoy those more since you are more mature and want more serious stories. That being said, even the people that get to that point will still remember (and might even still read) the fun comics since that's where most people get started, so they still might feel a bit of nostalgia when watching a fun comic book movie.
You make a good point. Maybe that's one reason behind why Guardians of the Galaxy are so popular.That being said, even the people that get to that point will still remember (and might even still read) the fun comics since that's where most people get started, so they still might feel a bit of nostalgia when watching a fun comic book movie.
Hot Fuzz. My friends and I put it on whenever we need something in the background during games night, etc. Never really works out as we always end up getting distracted and watching the whole thing. LOTR and Die Hard are pretty well loved too, but I think Hot Fuzz still trumps both.
The Cornetto Trilogy are all fantastic movies. Perfect deconstruction and then glorious reconstructions of tropes left, right, and centre, and they are fantastically well written as well.
I also just love how everything looks and moves in the films, but that's because Edgar Wright is amazing. Every Frame a Painting did a really good video about his visual comedy.
Star Wars, Karate Kid, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Royal Tenanbaums, but without a doubt, the MOST watched has been "The Last Waltz." cgod -Frozen is climbing the list for me as well.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. Honestly, that is a near-perfect movie. It never lets up even though it's over two hours long; the characters are fun and interesting, make realistic decisions, and develop naturally; there are great action setpieces throughout; and it's funny and dramatic with just the right amount of creepiness. I think people still have relatively fond memories of it, despite the sequels, but it really is so much better than any of the films that came after I wouldn't be surprised if most people have forgotten it. When I was in high school, whenever I didn't have anything to do I'd almost always say, well, why not watch Pirates, which is how I've ended up watching it so many times. I'd like to watch it again, actually!
I've watched Alien countless times. The Thing. The absolute most is I once went through a weird phase where every single day for about a month, I watched Eraserhead before bed. It put me in a strange place mentally. Yep.
Donny Darko. I had to figure it out, then I did and I've rarely watched it since. Either that or It's A Wonderful Life since I try to watch it every xmas.
I don't know for sure which I've watched the most. It's between The Blues Brothers, Star Wars, THX-1138, The Usual Suspects and House Party. I've watched all if them at least a dozen times. Frozen is climbing up the list but only because my four year old.
My brothers and I hated Christmas movies as children. One year we argued (to my parents) that Die Hard was a Christmas movie. Dad took our side and every year since we've watched Die Hard as a family. Mom protested at first, but when she saw the movie she had to admit it is, in fact, a Christmas movie. Now that we're all grown up we still watch Die Hard at Dad's House every year, althouh we don't always make it to the end because the children can't watch it.
I only really /want/ to re-watch movies if I love them, and they are few and far between, All in all - probably it was more of a thing as a kid - maybe "A bug's life" or "chicken run" Man I love those films - such interesting emotions and jokes - and I watched them so much the lines almost don't register as words - but structures of sounds, like music - eternally etched into my brain Most watched movie in the cinemas: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring. Oh.. my god. I was in absolute heaven when it came out - The Hobbit was my favourite book, I had read the trilogy - and just .. the music and colour and , ahg, (I think 3 times, not that crazy - I woke up boxing day - walked to the local cinema, bought tickets for my family for later on in the day, and went back home - hahaha - saw all 3 opening day/night, then another time I just went and watched it again by myself, because love.. Most watched recently back to back: I can watch my 3 fav films (KillBill Vol. 1, SinCity 1, Amelie) whenever, but not continuously - but I only ever had compulsion/ withdrawals, wanting to watch a film every day for a little while: Scott Pilgrim vs the World @u@ I love the everything.. the music, colour, cute-ass actors and story~
Most watched would be The Rocky Horror Picture Show by far, particularly when I include all the times I went with friends to midnight audience participation sessions. I've watched the 'original' Batman movie (i.e., the Adam West one [yes, I really mean the Adam West one]) a disturbing number of times, because they always played it last at the dusk-to-dawn drive-in sessions in my hometown. I've watched The Life Of Brian and Monty Python and The Holy Grail a lot of times. Definitely The Princess Bride as well.
How to Train Your Dragon. It's the only movie that I've ever willingly watched more than once.
Liar Liar. Downright atrocious movie. But whenever I see it on TV, I go and watch that instead of anything else. (I don't know why. I feel like I am somehow drawn to it, even though I hate it.)
Night at the Roxbury. My little sisters favorite movie when she was a child. "What is love?...."
Thank you for getting that dumb song stuck in my head again
I had Predator running on repeat for literally an entire summer in the downstairs room when I was like 16. I can still sit down and watch that movie start to finish at any time. I've probably seen Hot Fuzz, Aliens, and Terminator 2 a dozen or more times each. I've also seen Oldboy a bunch of times.
Robocop (the original). I've seen it more than a hundred times, easily. We used to live in a flat where most of our social circle would gather - and there were always lots of other visitors that got invited. We would regularly subject treat our visitors to Robocop and thoroughly spoil it for them by quoting it and pointing out the lesser known highlights.
Were we bad hosts? Not really they'd inevitably come back and we plied them with beer and other goodies and had lots if impromptu parties. I STILL love it and now I'm compelled to watch it again this weekend.
Ghostbusters - I can pretty much quote the whole thing. LOTR-Trilogy - One of the few perfect trilogies. The Fountain - Both heartbreakingly sad and strangely uplifting, it never fails to move me.
Thor.
Avengers.
Snow White and the Huntsman.
Mr and Mrs Smith.
The Matrix series.
The Girl Next Door. The movies I tend to rewatch the most, it's about the feel, ambience, soundtrack, a certain kind of entangled complexity that hits me in all the right places.
Paprika. There's just something about that movie.
Probably PCU. In college, some of my roommates and I would watch it almost every week. Even though it wasn't really anything like our college experience, and isn't even that great of a movie, there was something about it that made it an enjoyable film to watch over and over again. It's still something I'll throw on from time to time and it's still just as funny to me as when I first saw it.
In my lifetime? Star Wars. I've literally watched it 2 or 3 times a year since I was 8 years olf. That's a hard score to beat. In recent years? It's probably a tie up between Lawless and Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. Both appeal to me for different reasons, but I try to share them with everyone who is willing to give them a shot. This year though? Mad Max: Fury Road. I've literally seen it in theatres three times now. I consider it money well spent.
I've been a sucker for good action-adventure trilogies my entire life so I've watched Star Wars, Indiana Jones, LOTR, and TDK trilogies too many times to count. Not an unusual list, but I watch these once a year usually at least. Nowadays, there's a few movies I watch perennially as well:
8 1/2, The Tree of Life, 2001, No Country For Old Men, Akira, Blade Runner, Children of Men, and Good Will Hunting. Those first three, especially. I've also probably seen Space Jam more than anyone should, haha.
I remember being shown The Lion King an ungodly number of times in middle school. I can't even remember why, just that if there was a reason for the teacher not to teach one day we watched that movie. When I was about 20 I lived with a bunch of stoners and had to watch The Fast and the Furious repeatedly. I honestly don't know what movie I've watched willingly the most but those two are up there through no action on my part.